Hawaiian Electric Offers Fireworks Safety Tips

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Hawaiian Electric Offers Fireworks Safety Tips

As the New Year approaches, Hawaiian Electric reminds everyone to celebrate safely.

If you plan to use fireworks, take time to set them up in a safe location. Keep away from flammable items. Make sure the area is clear of overhead power lines. And don't hang fireworks on utility poles.

Because overhead power lines are energized and are not insulated, it's important to keep a safe distance from them. Keep yourself and your ladder, pole, and tie lines at least 10 feet from power lines.

If an object should become entangled in an overhead power line, don't try to free it. To have the object safely removed, call Hawaiian Electric's 24-hour trouble line at 1-855-304-1212. In an emergency situation, call 911.

The Hawaiian Electric Companies' customers in Maui County may call their trouble line at 871-7777, or at 1-877-871-8461 toll-free. Hawaii County customers should call 969-6666.

About Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO)

For more than 100 years, Hawaiian Electric Company has provided the energy that has fueled the islands' development from a Hawaiian kingdom to a modern state. Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (HECO), and its subsidiaries, Maui Electric Company, Ltd. (MECO), and Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc. (HELCO), serves 95% of the state's 1.2 million residents on the islands of O`ahu, Maui, Hawai`i Island, Lana`i and Moloka`i.

The energy we use is an essential but limited resource necessary to maintaining our quality of life. In a changing world, Hawaiian Electric has evolved to offer more than electricity.

Today, the company also provides energy solutions to help customers save money and use energy more efficiently. Hawaiian Electric also continues to pursue the use of more clean, renewable energy alternatives to help ensure a sustainable future for our islands.

COMMUNITY COMMITMENT

Hawaiian Electric Company is dedicated to our community in which we live, work and serve. Rooted in Hawaii and one of the largest companies in the State, Hawaiian Electric takes the concept of malama pono -- to care for and serve -- to heart. The company and our employees have a long tradition of contributing with dollars, time and talent. Corporate citizenship is crucial to Hawaiian Electric's overall business plan because strong communities are essential to the success of the company, our employees and our customers.

Company and employee volunteerism is encouraged and every month, employees walk, run or provide manpower to dozens of non-profits throughout the State. Hawaiian Electric's corporate giving philosophy gives priority to projects that help families, promote education and protect the environment.

The company also sponsors robotics programs and events that promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) education, as well as the SunPower for Schools program bringing solar electric power to select schools, the Solar Sprint event where students design, build and race cars using solar power, and the Home Energy Challenge, a school-based competition encouraging elementary school students and their families to reduce energy use at home, among other programs.

For nearly a decade, Hawaiian Electric volunteers have provided manpower, bucket trucks and ladders to install Christmas lights at the Kaimuki Community Park and playground before the annual Kaimuki Christmas Parade in December.

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